Birth:1855 Census of Napoli, Cattaraugus Co., N.Y. shows Persis born in
Massachusetts. Also shows age 33 and a resident in the county for 22 years.

Census 1870 Marcellus, Cass County Michigan: Age 46 years.
Census 1880 Michigan: Aged 68 and a Widow. Born Mass. Different person or different ages. Says parents born in Massachusetts. Living with her is John Darling aged 11. Born in N.Y., Parents born in N. Y.
Census 1900 says Mother born in Vermont. Also, Jonas G. Booth on the 1875 Minnesota Census says his mother was born in Vermont.

Various spellings for given name, including Perles.
Possible birth place (IGI) 1822 Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.